ALL THE WEEK'S HORROR HEADLINES (4th-11th May)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1. THE HOWLING AND DEE SNIDER'S STRANGELAND HEADING FOR REMAKES

Emaji Entertainments has secured the remake rights to not one, but TWO cult classics. First 1981's werewolf flick The Howling (which has actually spawned SEVEN sequels already!) and also the 1998 Dee Snider vehicle, StrangeLand. Written by and starring Snider as the creepy Captain Howdy, this has built up quite the following.

Read Emaji's press release on The Howling here.

2. NEW SCREAM SERIES TRAILER

Heh heh heh. Awesome.

3. ROB ZOMBIE REVEALS ANOTHER 31 IMAGE

I feel like I've seen this movie already! Yet another image from Rob Zombie's 31, this time showing the good guys including Eighties icon Meg Foster and the ubiquitous Sheri Moon Zombie in the most awesome/bizarre top I have ever seen.

4. GRAVE ENCOUNTERS: THE BEGINNING!

Fans of the Vicious Brothers' found-footage shockers Grave Encounters and its sequel (both of which I thought were pretty cool!) will be licking their lips at the filmmakers' latest tweet.

Prequel? I'm down with that!

5. FATAL PICTURES GIVES US A LOOK AT HEIR

I loved Fatal Pictures' last two shorts, Worm and Familiar. I love the work of the hugely talented Robert Nolan. And I love everything that I've seen with the hardest working man in horror, Bill Oberst Jr. I'm pretty sure you can guess how I feel about Fatal Pictures' Heir, starring both Nolan and Oberst.

It cannot come soon enough.

6. NEW RELEASES

First up a movie that I have been waiting forever to see — Wyrmwood.

It's Mad Max with zombies.

I'll let that sink in.

Buy it at Amazon here and stay tuned for my own review.

Next up we have the intriguing The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne starring the great Udo Kier.

Buy it at Amazon here.

Also out this week we have creepy looking haunted house tale, The Haunting of Radcliffe House.

Buy it at Amazon here.

Are you a British reader and after more atmospheric homegrown frights? The Sleeping Room could be the flick for you!

Buy it at Amazon here.

If you prefer your movies with zombies and Billy Zane (and who doesn't love that????), check out Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard.

Buy it at Amazon here.

And finally, here's a ghostly woman and a spooky child flick, Awakened. That ticks a few boxes, am I right?

Buy it at Amazon here.

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Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.

ALL THE WEEK'S HORROR HEADLINES (27th April–4th May)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1. IT REMAKE CLOSE TO FINDING A PENNYWISE

New Line's upcoming two-part movie adaption of Stephen King's It has found its Pennywise!
Variety is reporting that that 22-year-old Will Poutler of We're The Millers is close to signing on for the role. I feel sorry for Poulter, following in Tim Curry's enormous footsteps in his iconic work as the killer clown is an unenviable task.

Read Variety's story here.

2. MORE NAMES ATTACHED TO LEATHERFACE

With Angela Bettis and Stephen Dorff already attached to the Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel, the last few days have revealed even more casting details.

Bloody Disgusting has claimed that Sam Coleman has joined the cast as Bud, another potential young Leatherface. Read their story here.

Elsewhere, The Wrap has reported that Mr Selfridge actress Jessica Madsen is also onboard. Read the story here.

Finally, and this is a big one, Bloody Disgusting is claiming that star of The Haunting and The Conjuring, the excellent Lili Taylor is also joining the movie. This is fantastic news, Taylor is awesome. Full story here.

3. GLEN MORGAN AND JAMES WONG TO RETURN TO THE X-FILES

Arguably the greatest creative team during The X-Files' initial run, Glen Morgan and James Wong will return for the show's resurrection. Morgan and Wong are the men who brought us the most disturbing episode of the show ever, Home, and also worked on Chris Carter's Millennium. Wong also brought us the first Final Destination movie. As a fan of their work, this really has made my day.

Read TV Line's story here.

4. NEW POLTERGEIST TRAILER

The remake is drawing closer...

5. A FOURTH NIGHT AT FREDDY'S

Scott Cawthon's web site, Scottgames has revealed the above teaser image, which suggest that Five Nights At Freddy's 4: The Final Chapter will arrive this Halloween! Will we finally discover the epic truth about the events at Fazbear's pizzeria? Who/what the hell was the purple guy? Will we all find ourselves jumping out of our seats and swearing at our monitors?

I'm guessing yes to all three...

6. NEW RELEASES

First up this week, we have The Asylum, a cool looking exorcism flick directed by Marcus Nispel (director of the surprisingly enjoyable Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes). I'm intrigued! Buy it at Amazon here.

Also out this week we have World War Dead – Rise Of The Fallen. You can't go wrong with a good zombie soldier flick and this looks like a decent one. Buy it Amazon here.

I'll be honest, this next one sounds so batshit that I NEED to see it. It's a slasher film set in Seventies New York featuring a serial killer who goes on murderous rampages every time he hears Disco music. Incredible. It's called Discopath and I demand that you buy it at Amazon here.

If you haven’t already, do please check out and like the Hickey’s House of Horrors Facebook page, which you can find here. It gives you a nice quick link to any new posts on this blog, plus regular news updates from around the web. I check the Internet so you don’t have to! Alternatively, follow me on twitter: The House@HickeysHorrors

Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.

THE WEEK’S HORROR HEADLINES (9th – 16th March)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1. LEATHERFACE, THE TCM PREQUEL, CAST TAKES SHAPE

Reports say EastEnders star Sam Strike is in negotiations to play Leatherface in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel. James Bloor is in negotiations to join him and this is where things get interesting.

The film is said to feature three psychotic teens and has a element of mystery as to which will grow up to don Leatherface's iconic chainsaw and mask.
And finally, the awesome Angela Bettis is in talks to play Verna, the matriarch of the bloodthirsty Sawyer clan.
Read the reports here, here and here.

2. RINGS WILL BE A PREQUEL

The upcoming Rings movie by F. Javier Gutierrez will be set prior the 2002 Ring remake that first introduced us all to Samara. So kind of a Ring 0 for the US series, which isn't the worst thing in the world.
Read Bloody Disgusting's exclusive story here.

3. MORE STARS ANNOUNCED FOR ROB ZOMBIE’S 31

Rob Zombie’s intriguing ‘killer clowns in a Running Man-style murder game at Halloween’ movie, 31 has added some more names to it’s already sterling cast. Judy Geeson, David Ury and the one and only Malcolm McDowell will be joining Torsten Voges and Elizabeth Daily in a film that Mr Zombie is calling ‘down and dirty’. You know, unlike all of his other flicks...

If you want to contribute to the film, you can back it here.

4. FIRST PIC FOR HUMAN CENTIPEDE III RELEASED

Don’t worry, it’s safe for work! 

Director Tom Six says of the American shot sequel to his controversial first two movies: ‘it will be the most controversial one politically-wise. It will have a lot of self-mockery and will be the most darkly comical of the three. Parts 1 and 2 have a very European feel. Part 3 is very American with the highest budget, a big movie score, widescreen, and an XXL human centipede. It’s set in an American maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. Plot-wise I won’t share details yet but if you let your imagination run wild you might get ideas.’

5. UK FREEVIEW GETS HORROR CHANNEL

As of last Friday (the 13th, no less) the Horror Channel joined the Freeview family! Now there’s no excuse to miss out on the classic flicks that this fantastic broadcasting company beam out on a nightly basis.

Check out the latest listings right here.

6. NEW THIS WEEK

 

Hey US readers, don't get too down about the Horror Channel news, this week you can sit down with Zombeavers and the eagerly anticipated Muck.

Hmmm, I wonder if there’ll be any new, sparklingly witty and insightful reviews for either of those going live this week?

If you haven’t already, do please check out and like the Hickey’s House of Horrors Facebook page, which you can find here. It gives you a nice quick link to any new posts on this blog, plus regular news updates from around the web. I check the Internet so you don’t have to! Alternatively, follow me on twitter: The House@HickeysHorrors

Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.

LET’S GET MUCKY!

I like to keep my eyes peeled for any upcoming horror flicks that look like they could be just the thing for Hickey’s House of Horrors.
Last week I came across one such film — MUCK.
The upcoming effort from Steve Wolsh looks awesome — self aware humour, plenty of disgustingly gory PRACTICAL special effects, a whole host of Playboy models and living horror legend KANE HODDER playing the fantastically monickered ‘GRAWESOME CRUTAL’.
Here’s the official synopsis to further whet your appetite:

After narrowly escaping an ancient burial ground, long forgotten and buried underneath the marshes of Cape Cod, a group of friends emerge from the thick, marshy darkness, tattered and bloody, lucky to be alive. They have already lost two of their friends in the marsh, presumably dead. They stumble upon an empty Cape Cod vacation house alongside the foggy marsh and break in to take shelter. Whatever was in the marsh is still after them and soon after one of them goes for help, the rest of the group learns that the evil in the marsh is not the only thing that wants them dead. Something worse, something more savage, was lying in wait just outside the marsh, in the house. What happens next is unspeakable, horror that cannot be unseen. These unlucky travelers spend their St. Patrick's Day trapped between two evils forcing them to fight, die, or go back the way they came.

Pretty cool, huh?

You want more cool, how about a trailer?

Now guess what — these guys are already planning a prequel to further explain and explore the nightmarish events of the night before Muck starts. And they need us to help them get it made!
They have started a Muck Kickstarter campaign that offers backers a host of brilliant incentives. How brilliant? Meeting the cast, getting social network shoutouts from a Playboy model, getting killed by Kane Hodder levels of brilliant!
Furthermore, you can pledge now and secure a copy of Muck on DVD/Blu-Ray before it even hits cinemas! And how about a guaranteed copy of the prequel as soon as it's finished?

That’s some good shit right there, people!

Furthermore, for my UK readers, I’ve spoken to the brilliant people at the Muck team and they have confirmed that they can send stuff across the pond to us Brits for a mere $10!

Come on people, let’s get more Muck made. They’ve already got my money!

Pledge at the Muck kickstarter site here, they have a little under three days to raise less that $25,000. THIS CAN BE DONE!
Stick your hand in your pocket and help them out, in exchange you can get the sort of awesome goodies that will make your friends insanely jealous.

Check out the Muck Facebook page, give it a like and spread the word… LET’S GET MUCKY!

I’ll report back in a couple of days — hopefully with some good news!